Improvement in shovels



Arent Prien,

J. U. Frnsrnn,'on wrNcHnsTnn, onto.

llViPRGVElViENT EN SHOVELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59%),H53, dated July 17g-'1860.

-O all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that l, JOHN U.,Frns'rna, of lViirchester, in the county ot' Guernsey and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Post-'Hole Shovel; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersot 'reference marked thereon. l

Figure 1 sh'oivsthe shovel asit appears when about to be forced into the ground. Fig. 2 is the shovel when about to be removed with the dirt.

To ,enable others to make and use my invention, will describe its construction and operav tion.

; shovels; E, a short metallic levier, extended into the handleD, and fastened therein by a ferrule.' AThe center of this lever is pivoted at' c in the upperend of handle C. On the lower end of the leverlily is a small handle, b; F,- the connecting-rod, pivoted at d to leverE ata point between b and c. This rod F is forked at thelower end and att-ached at e e to the sides a ay of the shovel A.

In operating my invention, which is to be known and used as Fiesters Post Hole Shovel,77 I take the shovel,as shown in Fig. l,

and pnt it-dow'n straight, andby the side ofthe post-hole of which the dirt is to be removed. I

then press the handle 'D downward and baek.

ward until'it (lever E) and handle b each forni a right angle with' the niain handle C. This action, by elevating` the lower end ot'l lever E, does at the same time by connecting rod F elevatethe lower end of the shovel, and, changing its position, makes it parallel to the surtion and operation .of my' lever hinged post-L hole shovel, what I claim asnew, and desire L to secure by Letters Patent, is

The lever-hinged shovel, constructed and operating as described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN U. FlESTER.

Witnesses SIMEON BROWN, H. S. IIIXsoN. 

